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B Base of ol I Memorial Monument t tat at Fort Me t i s. s z j By ELMO SCOTT WATON llE lif other day day- daya a group of ot people ople gathered In the cr crypt Pt of ot the ma mag- mag Washington ton cathedral In our National Capital and unveiled abronze a bronze tablet which was presented by hy the I District of ot Columbia chapter chapter chap chap- ter of the United States D Daughters u of 1812 1312 The speaker aker on that occasion was as MaJ Francis r Scott Key Smith great grandson randon of Francis Francis Fran Fran- cis Scott Key Thus there th re was erected erect erect- ed another memorial to honor the name of the man who save gave to the American fla Ping flap who whose e birthday we celebrate on June 14 the name of He The Star Spangled Tanner Banner and who gave Rave to America Its national anthem There are three other Imposing memorials which thick perpetuate the name of Francis l Scott K hey j. j One of ot them Is the monument which stands tIer over er his grave grare In lit Jit Olivet t cemetery In Fred Fred- tick lid On It Is a tablet Inscribed Written tj bf Francis Scott Key norn August 9 0 1780 Died Fled January 11 1843 1813 and there follows the BOM Imes of ot The Star Spangled Banner Danner Another It II the huge buge two million Francis Scott Key bridge across the Potomac river which connects the cities of Washington and what was once Old Georgetown now known as West Washing Washing- ton t The Geor Georgetown end of this bridge e Is on the site of ot Keys Key's old oM home In that city While the bridge was under construction a bill came tp ap In congress for an appropriation for the maintenance of the Georgetown bridge e across the Potomac river river a a name which had b been en given riven iven Its predecessor sor there In 1820 Through the of patriotic societies who declared that the nation Should hould honor the American poet poet- patriot Francis Scott cott Key Instead of ot Kin King George of ot En England since Georgetown Is named hi tor the British monarch the name of ot the bridge m was changed and under its present name It Is a perpetual reminder of ot the connection of ot the an- an Dior of our national anthem with the history of our National Capital Perhaps the most Imposing of ot all the Key Is the one which was waR dedicated by Harding In 1022 1322 at Fort near Dear Baltimore where occurred the Incident which gave to Francis Scott Key his enduring tame flee Topped by the symbolic statue of a musician must musi din dan playing a lyre lre which Is said to be the largest larest single cast cost bronze statue Iri hi existence this all monument has on Its stone base a frieze bearing waring a relief bas portrait of ot Key l surrounded b V by other symbolic figures and bearing these lords ds Francis Scott Key Horn Born 1780 Died IMS 1843 To Francis Scott cott Key author of ot The Star Spangled Banner and to the soldIers and sailors the Iho o took part In the Rattle Hattie of North Point and th the Defense of If I Fort crt McHenry In the War of ot The story of cf how bow Francis Scott Key came to write The TIle Star Span Spangled led Banner Danner and thus f rTe give a new Dew name to our flag fia is familiar to all Weans Americans Americans But not many of them know much about the man maD himself Key was born horn on an aD watt estate ate In Fr Frederick county Maryland known as Terra August 0 9 1780 One of ot his sisters Anna aa nna Arnold Key was vas married to linger Hoger Brooke T Taney ey a prominent Maryland who lawyer later latr became secretary of ot the treasury but more fa- fa a. a UI as chief justice of the United States States States-a a tact fart which M I t. t ct may have bave had something to do with ell turning to the study of ot law Soon n after his graduation from St. St Johns John's JohnsT T to Tivi ce et at Annapolis Key was married to Mary Diary haw LloYd yd and began the Practice of ot law in inh Frederick i r Ck nut But ut In ln h to the th 1801 1501 he moved mo to Georgetown e District i Mr of ot Columbia where he formed partnership p with hIs hu uncle uncle- Philip Marton Harton Key 11 heft ot of his hi t life e was I kii ka tm spent Pent In Georgetown where home Street ee Ollie from rom 1 8 to 1 1828 8 was at H 11 hut but I gel a Short distan distance le from the foot toot of ot the then theM bridge rl n ge It U WaS In this thU house that he be was M c hen V Her ler en he Wrote The star Spangled Han Ban IM sad nd It l was this om house bouse which a patriotic the the- Scott Key Memorial dent tot tried ri on of which Admiral Dewey Dew was position president tion Uon nl uns to save e rpm destruction tell loj here and f VI Were e girls horn K Keys Key's y's ys eleven ven children six Bis Ee Was as G a of ot high reputation in n and aM d rated as a u leading citizen of ot the he i so 0 It Was only natural l perhaps that ot I Dr Wini e appealed to to secure the reI release rase who bo had had d b been am n lanes Ieans anes of UPPer Marlboro Md era a is II I n Ross arrested by hogs oss the British gen- gen LT t Peske I oss retired to the British fleet In to In lV i bay tuy after the burning of ot Washing Washing- C Cr r gi d ler er to his mothEr Bother under date I lIngi September ISH 1314 wrote lIn II goi going Key ey Iroc iro lin tn fl tJ in the e morning to Baltimore to r f a flag II l to Gen Ross Hoss old l Oct l laho ho a-ho b th o IS ta prisoner ner by the en enemy e my re m 10 o carry caTy him off ott Some of ot his to U ewe tri tr E urged Urse ed 1 me VIe to aPP apply y t for tor T a flag to r 7 10 procure hU Ills release I hope hop to i House in Baltimore Balti where h St r n mode Made 1 T 1 w t F t eq Monument at Fl return In about 8 or 10 days though It Is uncertain lain tain as I do not know where to find tind the fleet Then followed Keys Key's historic vigil which ended by the dawns dawn's early light when he saw that our flag was still there and his Inspiration forthe for forthe the poem which made him forever fore famous It Is not commonly known perhaps that Key was also the author of another notable Ion song lie life St. St Johns John's was an l Episcopalian a vestryman for church In Georgetown and he wrote for the church hurch hymnal a hymn hearing bearing the title Lord With Glowing Heart I Thee lie He also aIM wrote numerous rous sonnets but het It Is said that his wife showed such Indifference to his poetic gifts that tha t she frequently used the papers upon which he wrote them for curl papers I Although his principal fame rests upon one song lIong Key y had a distinguished public career as ns the result of ot his legal leal profession During Durin the administrations of Presidents Jackson Jakson and Van Yan VanBuren Buren Ruren he was three times timE'S appointed United States Statu district attorney attorn and held that position at the tie time of his death If we remember Francis Scott Key KIY as the theman theman theman man who gave us the name of The Star Itar Spangled Spangled Span Span- should 1 also remember remember re re- Banner Hanner for tor our flag lIag we member with him the woman who made the flag which Inspired his famous poem She was Mrs Mary Young Youn who was living In Baltimore In ISH when Nhen hn the news came lime that a its wa way to attack this nest British fleet fit was on of hornets at the head of Chesapeake bay as the British h called It because manned Baltimore government vessels and Baltimore pr pru privateers u urs rs had than had British shipping more been haras harassing ln the vessels of any other Arnt American rIcan city While preparations were under way to strengthen Fort P Baltimore's es principal disco ered that the fort had bad no defense It was of ot Its flagpole suitable flag to run up to the top tOil not sold In stores s In those days Flags Fla s were was wanted It wa was necessary to employ em- em When one hearing Inquiries inquiries In in- make It Upon some woman Noman to ploy Baltimore could make a as to who In Commodore Barney and ami Gen Jn John Stricker flag everybody r knew and respected whom men mn there that announce forward They stepped In their city h Nh h as Jas beyond a oman Homan was having haw hav best flag maker In al nl the doubt who had ing lug inherited the art from her m mother ether the war flags during durin made Inquired tho those e pres present nt Who Is s this woman roman Further Further Fur Fur- Young oun Her IIer name Is Mary that she Fhe fuel fact developed the conversation atlon ther cO cOer er and Barney both related to was as Stricker These two were deputized deputized General could rould be bedone Mary and i see P what to call upon Tick Pick hustle and bustle In the all nil was done Soon duties were suspended suspend suspend- home AI ted ed until the great flag nag was Is of the flag nag evidence of ot the making Direct ct t Caroline li III handed do down don n to us by Iy of Mary t who e Tin Till flag being so daughter obtain obliged to mother another was large my iny very nry malt permission to spread It Olt out In a Ii neighboring house opposite the mansion of ot Charles Carroll of ot Carrollton signer of ot the Declaration of Index Inde Independence who was still living I remember seeing seeing see see- ing my mother down on her Ir knees placing the stars in position and a 1 sewing them fast fa lit And then after the completion of ot the flag nag she superintended super super- superintended intended the topping or heading of It that I is III having it fastened In the most secure manner to prevent its being torn away a ray by balls The Tho wisdom of her Ir precautions was wall shown during the engagement many shots shota piercing it but it still remained firm on the tle staff starr Colonel Armistead who Nho ho commanded Ft Ft McHenry Mc Me- Henry declared after the battle that flint no one but Mary should l mend it The Tho flag I think contained yards of bunting and my mother worked work d many nights until twelve o'clock to complete It In the given time So o It was this flag of ot Mary which flew over O Fort on that eventful September September Sep Sep- P day which Inspired Francis Scott ScottEY Key EY and which is the original Star Spangled Baner Ban Ban- ner Iler er long preserved by Colonel Armistead's grandson frandson Eben Appleton which now Is exhibited exhibit exhibit- ed d in the National museum in Washington Doctor Doctor Doc Doc- tor Walcott the late secretary of ot the Smithsonian Smithson Smithson- ian Institution declared the old flag to be the most mOlt valued treasure we possess At the request request request re re- quest of the Star Spangled Banner Centennial commission in 1014 1914 It was wall carefully are fully backed with Irish linen and It Is now good for tor another hundred years or mor more Mary came from famous Revolutionary Revolutionary stock One of ot if her uncles was Co Col Benjamin Ben jamin Flower commissary general of ot the Revolutionary Revo stores In Philadelphia He lie was a friend and associate of General Washington ton Her lIer mother mothr Flower Young according to good authority made the first flag of ot the Revolution Rev Kev- under General Washington's direction The first flag fia of the Revolution was no doubt the Grand Union flag fing under which Washington took command of the American army at Cambridge Cambridge Cam Cam- bridge Mass January 1 I 1770 It bore the thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen red and white stripes sl signifying the thirteen thirteen thir thir- teen tEn united colonies and in the upper left hand corner comer the British Union the red vertical cross crossI tf of I St. St George of ot England and and the white diagonal diagonal diagonal onal cross of ot St. St Andrew Andrw of Scotland This was wall to signify that the colonies colonl's were still loyal to England and If her oppression ceased they would not separate from her hr Six weeks later In February 1770 Rebecca Young foun gave birth to a daughter destined to be bethe bethe bethe the maker makr of ot the original Star Spangled Banner hanner han Dan ner I Con Congress ress had taken steps as DJ early arly as all October 1775 to establish a regular American navy Commodore Hopkins was as appointed commander commande r rIn In thief and John Paul aul Jones Jons the senior of ot the five first lieutenants lIeutenant declared he ho hoisted the tile Flag of America on board hoard his flagship Alfred Altred when bEn Hopkins came cam on board the first time It on a regular man of was Nas ever displayed This Tills flag nag had however already appeared In Baltimore which was a noted t shipbuilding place liace This had been sent bent by Hopkins to Joshua Barney Barney Bar liar ne ney second officer on the gun 10 sloop the Hornet Whether Rebecca Young was the maker of ot the first flags of ot the new United States navy we cannot now tell but as Caroline her ir granddaughter emphatically stated later on My lIY grandmother Rebecca Young made the first flag nag of the revolution under General Washington's Washing tons ton's direction and for this reason r rr v mother and General was l selected Elected by Commodore Barney Stricker to make the Star Spangled Banner it would seem seMI there thre could be Je little doubt on that score Cot Kot only Is the original Star tar Spangled Banner Banner Ban Dan ner nr preserved but the house In which it was planned and made mall mallIs Is IB also 1 still standing Thanks to an organization of ot patriotic r men and women Banner nag Hag House known kOl n as the Star Spangled a association SO money is 1 being ln raised by popular subscription to preserve a the historic home In which Mrs Irs Mar Mary Maroun Young oun lived from 1770 to 1 7 as a shrine to which Americans nay may make their patriotic pilgrimages Q e I by f torD N wt Ca |